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>Subject: UW-Madison News Release--Library sale Oct. 9-12
>Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:30:05 -0500
>From: UW-Madison news <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: UW-Madison news <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Don Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>9/18/2002
>CONTACT: Don Johnson, (608) 262-0076, [log in to unmask]
>
>LIBRARY SALE OFFERS THOUSANDS OF BOOKS OCT. 9-12
>
>MADISON -- The largest used book sale in Wisconsin will include more than
>15,000
>books covering almost any subject Oct. 9-12 at the University of
>Wisconsin-Madison.
>
>The semiannual fund-raiser is hosted by the Friends of the University of
>Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, who are among the major cosponsors of the
>Wisconsin
>Book Festival, Oct 9-13, in downtown Madison. The sale will be in 116 Memorial
>Library, 728 State St.
>
>Primarily UW-Madison faculty, staff, students and area residents donate the
>materials to the friends group. The public sale helps fund the annual lecture
>series, special purchases for the libraries' collections, preservation
>projects
>and a visiting scholar support program.
>
>In the past four years, nearly two dozen campus libraries received more than
>$100,000 through a small-grant program supported by the book sales.
>
>Among the strong collections being offered are books covering history, women‚s
>studies, religion and philosophy, foreign languages, literature, and art.
>
>A preview sale ($5 admission) will be 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9. The regular
>sale, open to the public at no charge, will be 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m.,
>Thursday, Oct.
>10, and Friday, Oct. 11.
>
>On Saturday, Oct. 12, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., patrons can bring a bag and fill
>it for $2. For more information, contact the Friends, (608) 265-2505,
>[log in to unmask]
>
>HOW TO DONATE BOOKS: You may donate unwanted books by simply leaving them
>in the
>"Open Return" book drops at most campus libraries. Materials also may be
>dropped
>off at the Lake Street dock of Memorial Library weekdays, 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
>They
>will be added to campus library collections or sold through the Friends book
>sale to benefit the libraries. To arrange for a book pickup or for more
>information, contact the Friends, (608) 265-2505, [log in to unmask]
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Emilie Ngo Nguidjol Email: [log in to unmask]
Reference and Francophone Studies Phone: 608-262-3647
Memorial Library, Room 262A FAX: 608-262-8569
University of Wisconsin-Madison
728 Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A.
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